Producer Appreciation Weeks: Morgan Givens - a podcast by WNYC and PRX
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We continue our Producer Appreciation Weeks with Host Melissa Harris-Perry, who peels back the curtain and speaks with the talented folks that make The Takeaway every day. Today we're highlighting some ofMorgan Givens' favorite segments produced during his time with The Takeaway:
- What Makes a Black Man
- Electric LiteratureEditor-in-Chief Denne Michele Norris Makes History and Makes Space
- Award Winning Poet Danez Smith Rises to the Top
- Why Titus Kaphar Won't "Shut Up and Paint"
- Level Up: Accessibility in Gaming
Morgan joined The Takeawayteam in late 2022, and initially made his way into radio in a roundabout way. He spent years as a police officer in Washington, D.C., where he helped rewrite the training curriculum for the D.C. Police Academy before leaving the department for the non-profit sector, where he did work to eliminate sexual violence in the nation's prisons. Eventually, he interned with WAMU and NPRs 1Abefore becoming a producer for the program.
Morgan is a graduate of the Transom Storytelling Workshop, Neon Hum and Sony's Editor Bootcamp, and is an AIR New Voices Scholar and Mentor. He’s been named one ofVariety’sStorytellers to Watch, has been featured inThe Washington Post,NPR,Buzzfeed,NPRsInvisibilia, Crooked Media’sWork Appropriateand is frequently called upon to hostThe Mothstorytelling events and perform forThe Moth Mainstagein venues around the country. A frequent audio conference panelist, he's also spoken at the AFI Documentary Film Festivalabout the art of creating great audio.
Morgan is also the creator of the award winning and critically acclaimed hopepunk fiction podcastFlyest Fables. Currently repped by CAA, he's hard at work on his debut memoir.
Find him occasionally on Twitter at@Optimus_Moand atMorganGivens.com
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